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♀ Pamela T. Barrett
aliasPamela T. Barrett
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 0 3
Birth 26 November 1953 → 70 years + 5 months ago
Lived 54 years + 1 month
First mandate 8 May 1986 → 37 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 5 months
Death 21 January 2008 → 16 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 11 months after 2 February 2000
Special notes
None
 
Pamela T. Barrett (1953–2008)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Barrett resigned as Alberta NDP leader and MLA in February 2000 after having what she claimed to be a near-death experience in a dentist's chair. She went on to die of esophageal cancer eight years later, at age 54.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 9 11 29 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 23–24
NDP
 1 Party leader 42–46 08 Sep 1996 — 02 Feb 2000 3 4 25

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊕ David T. King  m 
 		 ⊕ Naomi Rankin  f 
 
Eligible: 16,290 Votes: 8,277 Participation: 50.81% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
21		 Alberta
8 May 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12747(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
NDP
 1/6 4,159 50.43% +652 Loser:
PC
 3,507 42.52% David T. King

Service: 2 years 10 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 16,474 Votes: 8,853 Participation: 53.74% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Alberta
20 March 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12664(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
NDP
 1/3 4,997 56.69% +2,852 Loser:
PC
 2,145 24.33% Ziad N. Jaber

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 20,798 Votes: 11,414 Participation: 54.88% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
23		 Alberta
15 June 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12582(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
39		 Successor:
LIB
 5,189 45.59% Alice A. Hanson
Eligible: 18,930 Votes: 11,190 Participation: 59.11% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Alberta
11 March 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 11031(F) — 8 Mar 2022 10:47 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
43
NDP
 1/4 5,638 50.64% +2,845 Loser:
PC
 2,793 25.09% Jim Campbell
After her election:
2 Feb 2000 46
NDP
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 2 years 10 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 19,649 Votes: 8,237 Participation: 41.92% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
24		 Alberta
12 June 2000
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 11075(F) — 17 Oct 2021 14:36 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
NDP
 4,863 59.04% Brian D. Mason

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Pamela T. Barrett		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Pam Barrett		 03 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Feb 2024 11:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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